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successive

🇬🇧 UK/sək'sesiv/🇺🇸 US/sәk'sesiv/
TOEFLB2

Definitions

adj.

Following one after another in an uninterrupted sequence

连续的;依次的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
subunder, below
+
cessgo, yield, move
+
ivetending to, having the nature of
=successive

Common Collocations

  • 1.successive generations历代;一代又一代
  • 2.successive governments历届政府
  • 3.on successive days连续数日
  • 4.successive attempts一次又一次的尝试

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The team won the championship for three successive years, breaking all previous records.

  • 2.

    Successive governments have failed to address the country's growing housing crisis.

  • 3.

    Each successive attempt brought the scientists closer to a breakthrough.

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